Munmorah Power Station

Munmorah Power Station owned by Delta Electricity is on the New South Wales Central Coast of New South Wales. The power station comprises two 500 megawatt coal-fired generating units. The station began operating in 1967.

November 27, 2008: Australian student activists blockade Munmorah coal-fired power station on the eve of international climate negotiations
On Thursday 27 November, four people from the Australian Student Environment Network entered the Munmorah Power Station on the NSW Central Coast, attaching themselves to conveyor belts carrying coal. Twenty people staged a protest outside the power station. Spokesperson Ann-Marie Rohlfs said, "We are facing a climate emergency, but our emissions are still rising. We call on the Rudd Government to ensure 2010 is the year Australia's greenhouse emissions peak and begin to rapidly decline. This blockade at the Munmorah Power Station is part of a huge community effort to kick Australia's coal habit. As the oldest power station in NSW, Munmorah Power station must be the first to go in the new green economy." Four people were arrested.

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